How do you get your software development done ?

@sentry_co gamer set ?

@sentry_co hope you don't have these butterfly mechanism... they are 😖

@cyriljeet why have you made that choice ?

@julien_fayad It makes sense to me because I am a developer myself and I can control and run the in-house dev, training and all that mish-mash better than giving it to an outsourcer and hoping.

@edward_g best of luck, you know the saying. if you want to go fast, go alone. if you want to go far, go together.

@influence_labs if that works for you that's great. Just curious, how far can you go without putting any line of code, whether it's about customization or scalability ?

@julien_fayad It all depends on the project and tools being used, but in my experience I find that you can can build out a simple MVP or micro app using a stack like Zapier, Airtable, and Webflow (especially with all the apps and extensions getting added to the marketplace). You can easily build websites and apps similar to: Youtube, Fiverr, Gmail, and even Product Hunt. However, I've had to work with and edit PHP, SQL, Javascript, and HTML. But ChatGPT is always there to help whenever I get stuck, as well as working with webhooks and API's. I think the whole no-code thing doesn't actually work without a little bit of code. So 'low-code' is a better term for it. I think limitations come into play when you want to build something big and complex, like a "do it all" type of app. I've seen no-code builders get frustrated with vendor lock when one of their connected apps doesn't have a specific feature that they need for their concept. No-coders rely on the capabilities of other software and connecting it all together to create solutions (assuming we can gain API access). Luckily, there is an abundance of apps with API's to pick from so this isn't much of an issue. Customization hasn't been a problem for me yet since I primarily build my frontend in Webflow, but if you're using a tool like Softr, than it becomes a huge drawback. Random thought, you could have a no-code builder on your team to churn out MVP's to test while the actual programmers work on what's important... just a thought though.

@taylor_wilson3 why is that important ?

@wardrobesophie2 Thanks for sharing these tips. How is your software development team sourced though ?

@kevin_brendel nothing beats having an inhouse team when one can afford it. Truth is, having an inhouse team is betting on the long term and it's a privilege very few are able to maintain successfully